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US 8,543,797 B1Granted
Managed desktop system
AssigneeUnidesk Corporation
InventorsChristopher W. Midgley, John Webb, Manuel Gonsalves
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Abstract
A method and system of operating an actual or virtual desktop or server and managing such desktops and servers involves a cache appliance serving desktop, operating system, and application objects to a managed machine. The objects are composited together to present a normal file structure to the user, with all user configuration and data stored in the desktop object. Management requirements are minimized to maintain operating system and application objects, while users maintain distinct and customizable desktops.
Claims5
A method of creating a Boot Image for a computer, comprising:
- identifying an operating system and a set of applications having files, objects, and data that is used by a user-specific computer desktop;
- copying to said Boot Image a compositing software;
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- copying to said Boot Image a minimal set and no more of all files, objects, and data including user-specific configurations required for access by said operating system and said set of applications booted partially not to a fully booted operating system environment but only to a point where the compositing software may execute to intercept and handle data access calls made within said operating system.
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